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Summit France’s Mont Blanc!

Google Street View Mont Blanc

Do you want to summit Europe’s highest peak, the iconic Mont Blanc? Google Street View has now enabled all of us to see the top of Mont Blanc for ourselves, from the safety of our computer screen. Google has partnered with a few of the world’s greatest outdoor athletes to capture stunning “Street View” images …

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21st Century Mountaineering

The topic of speed climbing is a hotly debated one. The New York Times wrote about it, and Hiking Lady readers had lots of opinions on my personal Facebook page. For those of you who aren’t familiar with speed climbing, there is a fantastic short video that features Ueli Steck, also known as the Swiss …

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